Samantha is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Born to Malayali and Telugu parents, Samantha was brought up in Tamil Nadu and pursued a career in modeling during her late teens. Despite signing up to Ravi Varman's Moscowin Kavery in 2007, her first release happened to be the critically acclaimed 2010 Telugu romance film, Ye Maaya Chesave, directed by Gautham Menon.

Samantha was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu as the youngest child of the family to Prabhu and Ninette and two elder brothers Jonathan and David, whilst becoming fluent in the Tamil language. She was brought up speaking Tamil and English at home. As a part of her education, Samantha completed her schooling from Holy Angels Anglo-India High School, T. Nagar and a degree in commerce at Stella Maris College, Chennai.
She is currently filming for S. S. Rajamouli's live action project Eega. She has also signed for a new film to be directed by V. V. Vinayak, co-starring Ram Charan Tej as well as for Gautham Menon's trilingual project, playing the female lead in all three languages and shooting all scenes thrice with different co-actors.

Filmography:

2010 Ye Maaya Chesave
Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Baana Kaathadi Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
Moscowin Kavery
Brindaavanam

2011
Nadunissi Naaygal
Dookudu
Eega

Awards:

2011 CineMAA Awards CineMAA Award for Best Female Debut
Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu
Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South
TSR TV9 Film Awards TSR TV9 Best Heroine Award
Vijay Awards Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress